In Defense of the Endowment Model, Effectively Executed

December 12, 2024


The Long View
—a series from GEM’s Co-CIO, Matt Bank— explores a range of topics relevant to the fiduciaries and allocators of institutional capital.


 

In Part I of his three-part series on the Endowment Model, Co-CIO Matt Bank discussed the problems with characterizing the model in static, monolithic terms, arguing for a more flexible and nuanced definition.

In Part II, he described some of the flaws in conventional ways that endowment portfolios are measured and evaluated, proposing instead a distinct set of guidelines for determining success.

In this final Part III, Bank examines what it will likely take to be successful investing endowment-style portfolios over the next decade. Even as markets become more competitive every day, he explains why he believes that a combination of institutionally driven portfolio construction, manager sourcing intensity, process efficiency, and organizational alignment is a clear path to differentiated success.

 

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